May 20, 2025, Minutes
Announcements:
Lynne mentioned that several members attended the May 17 District 2 conference, and we got several awards. She also mentioned that our club was formed 22 years ago this month, and we are still going strong. As Toastmaster she gave a brief history of Public Speaking Northwest.
Toastmaster: Lynne with the theme “Happy Birthday PSNW”
Our Sergeant at Arms: Barb for Katie called our meeting to order.
Our President Lynne; opened our meeting.
VPE Next Lynne for Nancy Meeting Roles and Education Minute: Lynne shared information on the role of the Table Topics Master at our meetings:
1.Remind members on the Word of the Day
2. If we have guests, describe Table Topics.
3 Advise members they don’t have to answer the question posed but can take it in any direction.
3. Review the agenda ahead of time and identify which members don’t have meeting roles and call on them first, rather than asking for volunteers.
4. Call on guests only after 3 members have spoken, to give guests a chance to see how tt works.
GATE TEAM
Grammarian: Marcus with the word of the day “Celebrate”
Ah Counter Sonal
Timer –Bill
General Evaluator – Barb
Our 1st Speaker was Theresa with “Making Peace with 4 Communication Styles!
Our 2nd Speaker was TK with,” Hey Me Too!”
Evaluating Theresa’s speech was Nadine
Evaluating TK’s speech was Robert
Table Topics Master was Warren Table topics speakers were Amy, Adriana, Maria and Ankit Parikh
Members in Attendance were Warren, Katie, Theresa, Robert, Bill, Lynne, Marcus, Amy, Barb, Maria, Adriana, Sonal, TK, Nadine
guests in Attendance: Moe Kabba and Ankit Parikh
Motion to adjourn: Marcus and Bill simultaneously 2nd Robert
